^{24 Ref} he saith to them, `Withdraw, for the damsel did not die, but doth sleep,' and they were deriding him;

^{24 Ref} he said, Give place: for the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.

^{24 Ref} he said to them, "Make room, because the girl isn't dead, but sleeping." They were ridiculing him.